I am really bad at updating these things... because im usually too busy experiencing than wanting to ever sit down and write it all down. where to start? Kelsey and her friend nicole visited me last week, and it was a wicked good time. we went to manuel antonio for a few days, hung out on the beach, the girls got a nice burn going on. sun tan lotion is must for anyway coming to costa rica from boston. the park was beautiful.. it cost 10 dollars to go in, but then had the most beautiful beaches, blue water, white sand, dark rocks to play on... forest to explore... monkeys trying to steal peoples food. it was amazing. we went out for dancing and made friends with a lot of the locals. our hostel was perfect... with this amazing view of the ocean, hamocks.. and lots of chill travelers to hang out with or get tips on whats best to do locally.
We made friends with beach boy stephen from georgia, regge steve, dancing vas, willy the guy with the bomb restaurant, and jorge among others. by our last night... we knew half the town. i like making friends... it was a really good way to practice my spanish!
kelsey and i fell in love with the fajita man outside the club we kept going to get late night munchies in between dancing and hanging out on the beach. the one night stephen and i snuck up to the roof for ten minutes (sweet view) but then the bouncer came up and kicked us off... of course.
hmmm what else.... kelsey got some cubans and we tried those... very smooth. we were just passing one around the table at the hostel... they make you feel kind of manly since they are so enormous. you just wanna your feet up on the table with a pair of shades puffing on one of those. yummy. kelsey and nicole on our last night went home early... and by early i mean like 3 or so... because they did a canopy tour the next day. i on the other hand was out to a ridiculous 6 in the morning hanging out with a hillarious brazilian man and my two new stephens.
it was a crazy week, my friend john was visiting with 4 other northeasterners... one of which was my old TA, and in a restuarant i ran in two guys darren and tyler who i used to run into at northeastern all the time last year. it was a northeastern spring break party in manuel antonio.
Saturday i died... i saw the girls off and then went back to bed until 4 in the afternoon. yes im a bum... but sometimes a girl needs her beauty sleep.
Saturday night was a tico party with my friends melo, andres, pablo, and a bunch of others. it was a wicked good time... we watched some soccer had a few beers... and i pretended i could spanish... youll notice a trend..... i always try and practice my spanish when i go out. i think its getting better... at least i hope. sunday i went with tuti and pablo to the beach... playa hermosa... and they taught me how to surf. i guess i didnt do too bad.. according to tuti... playa hermosa is a hard beach to surf... and i learned on a short board instead of a long board.. im planning on trying again next weekend on our sunday surf sessions.. ill keep you updated on my progress.
in other news.. i am having major issues with my atm card. long story... it got blocked and now im tearing my hair out trying to get a new one sent to me. i hate banks and money and really truly wish you could through the world with just love and hugs. what happened to love and hugs? hopefully ill get access to money soon... until then... love and hugs... thats all i got.